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communities and indigenous peoples platform) for the exchange of experiences and
sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated
manner.
99. The Permanent Forum invites the secretariat of the United Nations Framewor k
Convention on Climate Change to share the findings of the next open
multi-stakeholder dialogues on the operationalization of the local communities and
indigenous peoples platform at the seventeenth session of the Forum. The Forum
urges Member States to operationalize the platform in accordance with the
provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
100. The Permanent Forum also welcomes the fact that the Conference of the
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its
twenty-second session, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in November 2016, agreed to
adopt an incremental and participatory approach to developing the platform on local
communities and indigenous peoples with a view to ensuring its effective
operationalization.
101. The Permanent Forum welcomes the recognition and inclusion of indigenous
peoples’ knowledge in the work of the Intergovernmental Science -Policy Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to assess the state of biodiver sity and
ecosystem services. The Forum supports the Platform’s approach to recognize and
work with indigenous knowledge throughout its work programme, for example,
recognizing the contribution of indigenous knowledge in its global assessment on
the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems. The Forum
invites the Platform to continue to inform the Forum about the progress of its work,
including at its seventeenth session.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
102. The Permanent Forum is committed to continue its strong engagement in
follow-up to the 2030 Agenda implementation. The Forum will participate in, and
provide substantive input to, the thematic reviews of the high -level political forum
and provide expert advice to Member States and the United Nations system in the
implementation of the agenda at all levels (see paras. 89 -94 above).
103. The Permanent Forum encourages the Commission for Social Development to
consider indigenous peoples’ issues at the fifty-sixth session of the Commission as
part of its agenda related to the 2017-2018 priority theme “Strategies for eradicating
poverty to achieve sustainable development for all”.
104. Recalling its recommendations made at its first, sixth and ninth sessions th at
called for publication of the report entitled “State of the world’s indigenous
peoples”, the Permanent Forum requests the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs to continue its publication of the document on a quadrennial basis.
Studies to be prepared by members of the Permanent Forum
105. The Permanent Forum appoints Anne Nuorgam, a member of the Forum, to
undertake a study to examine freshwater fishing and hunting rights of indigenous
peoples, to be submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth sessio n.
106. The Permanent Forum appoints Brian Keane and Elifuraha Laltaika, members
of the Forum, to undertake a study to examine conservation and indigenous peoples’
human rights, to be submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
107. The Permanent Forum appoints Les Malezer, a member of the Forum, to
undertake a study on indigenous peoples and sustainable development, to be
submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
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